Ricardo Jacques Galé began his career as a production assistant in Miami before moving to Los Angeles to attend the prestigious USC Film School. Working as a lab technician, dolly grip, key grip and chief lighting technician were a few of the steps toward learning his craft and his ultimate goal of becoming a Cinematographer.

When Garrett Brown taught Ricardo how to operate his invention the Steadicam, Ricardo's career blossomed. Ten years of work for directors such as John Schlesinger, Nicolas Roeg, Julian Temple and Joseph Sargent followed. Roger Corman gave Ricardo his first shot as a DP and he hasn't looked back with over 30 features on his resume (and 30 more as Steadicam or 2nd Unit DP).

He has worked in Beirut, Greece, Macedonia, Panama, Belize, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and the Philippines.

He owns a RED Camera package and has been shooting with it for over 2 years. He is also experienced in 35mm Anamorphic, Super 16mm, Viper, Sony 900, Panasonic Varicam. Ricardo has shot hundreds of commercials. Some of his clients include: Skechers, Harley Davidson, Hyundai, Jenny Craig, Reebok, Carrier, Bloomingdale’s, and Lucky Jeans.

Ricardo has shot numerous music videos including the ground-breaking video for N.W.A, “Straight Out of Compton” with legendary hip-hop artists Dr. Dre, Ice Cube and Eazy E. He was also nominated for an MTV Video Award for his work on the classic one hit wonder “Rico Suave” by Geraldo.

Ricardo’s films have won numerous awards including Best Cinematography for the Ed Harris feature film “Touching Home“ at the Melbourne International Film Festival, the François Chalais Award at the Cannes Film Festival and the International Critics Award at the Toronto Film Festival.